This one started as the second part of Italian Smiles, but as the tracklist got longer and the BPMs higher, it eventually demanded to be a separate release. After some long but fruitful negotations, we came to an agreement, and here we are.
Horn samples everywhere, long uninterrupted instrumental lines, constant sidetrips into layered rhythms. This is a jazz ensemble playing in the ruins of an auto plant in Detroit.
2 comments so far
I heard the “whitey on the moon” bit on kxlu. what is it?
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
It’s Gil Scott Heron spoken-word thing from 1969.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 am